Tugboats of all sizes powered across the finish line in the 2011 Seattle Maritime Festival’s tugboat races. But the festival featured much more than the marquee event. Survival suit races, Coast Guard …

Fans of fake news will get a chuckle out of satirist Tony Hendra’s latest work. The newly-debuted faux news site The Final Edition spoofs The New York Times with headlines like “Pope Reopens Trial of Galileo,” and “New Second Avenue Subway Will Include Bike Lanes.”

Hendra might be best known for his role as band manager in Christopher Guest’s “This is Spinal Tap,” but he’s also a comedian and National Lampoon veteran.

Next time you’re playing Scrabble, try playing “thang,” “grrl” and “blingy.” Those words were also among the 3,000 added as acceptable in Scrabble recently.

Will the smartypants who just spelled “xerophytic” be impressed? No. Will she insist on challenging the validity of your move? Most definitely. Will she vow never to play Scrabble again now that it has been morally and grammatically compromised? One can only hope.